# Home Widget for HomeKit · HW — Widgets from the Home app

> HomeKit device control and customization via interactive iOS Home Screen widgets. (iPhone/iPad app by Clement Marty.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/home-widget-for-homekit-hw/id1579036143 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Clement Marty](https://appshunter.io/developer/502626664)
- Category: Utilities, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.10/5 from 151 App Store ratings · 174 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 101 MB
- Languages: Korean, Dutch, Danish, German (Germany), Russian, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, European Spanish, American English, Italian and 8 more
- Released: 2021-12-10
- Data updated: 2026-08-30
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/home-widget-for-homekit-hw/id1579036143/reviews.md

## What is Home Widget for HomeKit · HW?

Control your HomeKit home faster with fully customizable widgets.

Home Widget brings your entire HomeKit setup — accessories, scenes, groups, sensors, cameras and shortcuts — right to your Home Screen, Lock Screen and Apple Watch. Build a panel in the app, add your accessories, place the widget: your everyday controls are always within reach.

YOUR HOME AT A GLANCE
Just like Control Center, every button reflects the actual state of your accessories: bright when a light is on, dimmed when it's off. Sensor readings, temperatures, blind positions — know what's happening without even opening an app.

ACT WITH A SINGLE TAP
With interactive widgets, turn accessories on or off or run a scene right from your Home Screen. Fine-tune your lights with the built-in dimmer, open the Home app or trigger your shortcuts whenever you need to.

YOUR CAMERAS ALWAYS IN SIGHT
Bring up any camera in one tap, or keep an eye on all of them at once with the camera mosaic.

ENDLESSLY CUSTOMIZABLE
Pick the icon, name, color, background, transparency and blur of every single button. Four widget sizes — small, medium, large and extra large — to design a Home Screen that feels truly yours.

MADE FOR THE APPLE ECOSYSTEM
Your panels stay in sync across your devices through iCloud. Slip a widget into a stack, add it to Today View, and stay in control from your Lock Screen — always protected by Face ID or Touch ID.

Some features require Home Widget Premium, available as a one-time purchase or, if you prefer, as a monthly or yearly subscription.

Home Widget works with accessories already set up in Apple's Home app.

Questions or ideas? Write to us at contact@vision-apps.com — your feedback is what shapes the app.

The Vision-Apps team

HomeKit is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions.

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://vision-apps.com/website/en/privacy/

## Key features

- Home Screen widgets for HomeKit
- Customizable control panels
- Add accessories, scenes, and shortcuts
- Live camera feed access
- State feedback for devices
- Lock Screen access
- Panel sharing via iCloud/AirDrop

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly subscription | $0.99 | per month |
| Annual subscription | $6.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime License | $14.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Home Widget for HomeKit · HW?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Great auxiliary options
- 🚀 Insanely useful
- 👍 Awesome
- 👍 Beautiful widgets
- 👍 Plenty of customization options
- 👍 Fills a huge HomeKit gap
- 👍 Compliments HomeKit
- 👍 Doing what Apple can't be bothered to do

**Cons**

- 🐛 Stopped working
- 🐛 Doesn't update
- 🐛 Doesn't refresh
- 🐛 Freezing widgets
- 🔋 Draining battery
- 🔒 Settings locked behind paywall

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Widgets don't save
- Widgets don't update status
- Incompatibility with iOS 16/17
- Double downloads
- Panels don't work

**Most requested features**

- Ability to pinch to zoom on video
- Control temperature on thermostats
- Adjust brightness/color of lights
- Custom sounds for actions
- More widget size/layout options
- Live camera previews
- Ability to control non-HomeKit devices

## Recent user reviews (10 of 174)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/home-widget-for-homekit-hw/id1579036143/reviews.md

### 5/5 — A Gem!

*2026-03-22*

Brilliant app for Home widgets! I like it!

### 4/5 — Great auxiliary options!

*2025-12-25, version 1.9.4*

This app adds what apple should have. Only suggestion is to add ability to pinch to zoom on viewing video.

### 5/5 — 如果有VP，真的要试试

*2025-12-21, version 1.9.4*

一直在寻找可以在Vision Pro上控制HomeKit的小组件App，AR+智能家居真的没话说！如果你有Vision Pro，并且也用Homekit，那真的得尝试一下！虽然以兼容性App运行，但一切顺利，感谢开发者，软件挺棒的，动效也挺高级，希望持续优化，比如控制灯泡颜色和亮度的交互可以再改进一下，现在每次点击都会跳转控制面板，来回切换确实容易懵，而且有时会因此增加操作交互次数。不过其他的都挺棒的，最重点是达到了我一直想要的AR+HomeKit的效果，值得五颗星！

### 5/5 — Should be standard with HomeKit

*2025-11-16*

Works well, crazy this functionality isn’t included in HomeKit. Widgets occasionally become unresponsive but for me it’s always an issue with my Z-Wave or Ikea integration and it needs a reboot for HomeKit and this widget to see it again.  If HomeKit is unresponsive with a device, this widget will be as well.

### 1/5 — Leider aktualisieren seit längerem die Widgets nicht mehr

*2025-08-22*

Alles ist eingestellt wie empfohlen mit 30 min aber trotzdem aktualisiert es nicht mehr selber. Zeigt deswegen immer falsche Zustände an.

Habe jetzt mal den Support angeschrieben ob da was zurück kommt Mal sehen. 

Seit 4 Monaten keine Updates ist auch ungewöhnlich, soll aber erst mal nix heißen.

**Developer response:** Es tut mir leid, dass Sie so lange auf eine Antwort warten mussten. Version 1.10.0 steht kurz vor der Veröffentlichung. Apple erlaubt Drittanbieter-Widgets keine sofortige Aktualisierung nach jeder HomeKit-Änderung, aber mit der empfohlenen Standardeinstellung sollte die Aktualisierung normalerweise zuverlässig funktionieren. Ein Tippen auf einen beliebigen Sensor oder eine Aktion lädt jederzeit frische HomeKit-Daten. Falls das bei Ihnen nicht geschieht, antworten Sie bitte erneut an contact@vision-apps.com mit iOS-Version und Zubehörmodell; ich werde den konkreten Fall untersuchen.

### 1/5 — Stopped working

*2025-05-28, version 1.9.4*

Stopped working after a while.

### 5/5 — Insanely Useful & Great with Arlo and other cameras!

*2025-04-22*

This app is insanely useful for anyone who uses the Home app as your main smart home application. Once you start building panels and creating widgets, this app instantly becomes your go to app! The Lock Screen widget is awesome! The active widgets are awesome! There is so much you can do with this app! Anyone who has cameras (Arlo in particular), this is a must have application. For some reason, accessing live feeds off your Arlo cameras is super fast with this app as compared with the Home app or even the Arlo native app. Not sure why or how but try setting up a camera live feed using this app’s widget and you will notice a significant decrease in the time it takes for the feed to start streaming. Finally, the battery sensors provide you with a simple glance to see all your camera battery levels in one place!

**Developer response:** Thank you for this wonderfully detailed review! I’m especially glad the camera feeds feel fast and that the battery overview is useful with your Arlo setup. Turning a large HomeKit home into something you can understand at a glance is exactly why I built the app.

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2025-04-14, version 1.9.4*

Awesome!!!

### 1/5 — Does not update

*2025-04-13, version 1.9.4*

Used to work great. Since 18.4 does not update. Manual update does not work either. Now widget panel is just a black square does not display widgets.

### 1/5 — Doesn’t seem to work anymore

*2025-04-05, version 1.9.3*

The widgets just refuse to update.

## Frequently asked questions about Home Widget for HomeKit · HW

### What does Home Widget do?

Home Widget brings HomeKit device control directly to your iPhone and iPad's Home Screen. It allows you to create customizable panels with your HomeKit accessories, scenes, groups, shortcuts, and cameras, enabling quick interaction without opening the main Home app.

### How do I set up widgets for my HomeKit devices?

You create a panel within the Home Widget app, add your desired HomeKit accessories, scenes, or shortcuts to it, and then add the Home Widget to your Home Screen. You can then customize the appearance of these panels with icons, names, and colors.

### Is Home Widget free to use?

The app is free to download and use, offering core functionality. However, it includes in-app purchases, which likely unlock advanced customization options or additional features. Family sharing is enabled for subscriptions and in-app purchases.

### Can I control my HomeKit devices from the Lock Screen?

Yes, you can position your HomeKit widgets on the 'Today View' by swiping right from the Home Screen or Lock Screen. This provides access to your home controls directly from the locked screen, protected by Face ID or Touch ID.

### What kind of HomeKit devices are supported?

The app supports a wide range of HomeKit devices, including accessories, scenes, groups, shortcuts, and cameras. You can view live camera feeds with a single tap from your widgets and receive state feedback, such as whether a light is on or off.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.10.1 — 2026-08-29

New features:
• All Your Cameras at a Glance: Open the mosaic from a widget in a single tap, then zoom into any camera.
• Your Heating, Within Reach: Set your home temperature straight from your widgets.
• Widgets Redesigned for iOS 26: New clear, tinted and Liquid Glass rendering, with sharper interactions and better Lock Screen panels.
• Your Cameras in Control Center: Add a Home Widget control that opens the mosaic, or the camera of your choice.
• A Whole Room, One Gesture: Turn on, turn off, dim or color every light in a room at once.
• Camera zoom works everywhere: iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
• The mosaic can show only the cameras you choose.
• The icon you pick for an accessory is remembered, suggested for your next items and synced through iCloud.
• Items can now be displayed without an icon, as text only.
• The line under each item is yours to choose: state, room, or nothing.
• New option: Off items can take on the Home app's style.
• The Transparency effect is realigned to the pixel for the new iOS 26 Home Screen grid, on iPhone and iPad.
• In Dark appearance, it now darkens along with your wallpaper.
• The add-panel button stays legible in clear and tinted renderings.
• Counter labels are shorter and fit widgets better.
• Multi-sensor Matter accessories now show all their readings: temperature, humidity, CO₂, particulates…
• The app's vocabulary aligns with the Home app's.
• Improved stability: several crashes and a UI freeze fixed.
• And much more!

Major localization update:
• Added Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Finnish, Turkish and Russian.
• Every existing translation has been proofread by native speakers: wording mistakes fixed and HomeKit terms aligned with the Apple Home app.

### 1.9.4 — 2025-04-09

Fix an issue with interactive widgets after updating to iOS 18.4.

### 1.9.3 — 2024-11-05

This version fixes an issue with widget colors when HomeScreen is in Tinted mode. It also fixes some remaining issues with iOS 18.

### 1.9.2 — 2024-10-14

This version fixes widget layout issues with iOS 18 and new iPhones.
It also fixes widget layout issues when « Large icons with no label » mode is enabled on the Home Screen.

### 1.9.1 — 2024-05-31

Fixes an issue that prevent Widgets/Complications to be listed on Apple Watch Complication/Widget gallery.

Now you should be able to add all your circular panels as widget on your Watch Faces. Be sure to open the Watch app a first time to sync your panels data.

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